Speaking Advocates: The Start of Something New
AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United StatesCelebrate the start of 2019 with the Speaking Advocates and share stories about new beginnings and fresh starts!
Celebrate the start of 2019 with the Speaking Advocates and share stories about new beginnings and fresh starts!
As February is the month of love, the Speaking Advocates will share stories of first love -- be it an unrequited crush, love at first sight, a case of high school sweethearts, however you interpret the theme.
This month the Speaking Advocates invite you to share the ways in which your perception of home has shifted over time and how you have changed in the process.
This month the Speaking Advocates invite you to share your all-time most cringeworthy moments.
Join the Speaking Advocates this month to celebrate the odd and funny characters that fill our families and leave us with lasting memories that continue to bring smiles to our faces year after year.
Join the Speaking Advocates this month to share summertime adventure stories. Anything from childhood summer camp to exciting vacations and more!
Join the Speaking Advocates this month to share your own definition of independence: what does independence look like for you, what are the obstacles that stand in your way to a self-determined life, how do you become independent?
Join the Speaking Advocates this month to share the definitive moments that provided you the opportunity to grow into the person you are now. What circumstances or knowledge compelled you to evolve? What insights did you glean from these spurts of growth? And how do these moments continue to shape who you are, and who you want to be?
This month we invite you to speak about the moments where shedding the past became your only way forward, where casting the weight of the outgrown lightened your load just enough to carry on. What are the things you had to shake off, however haltingly? What new opportunities emerged in their place?
Our Opening Minds, Opening Doors Speaking Advocates group is free and meets the last Saturday of every month from 1-3 PM in Room 161 of the AGE of Central Texas Building. We welcome adults with disabilities who are interested in presenting stories and meeting other speakers.
As we approach the New Year, let’s take a moment to vent and get a few things off our chest. Maybe in doing so we can start fresh in 2020.
This month's Speaking Advocates theme is "What Inspires Us". The experiences of people with disabilities are frequently distorted as inspiration for non-disabled people. The term "inspiration porn," coined […]